21st+Century+Learning

toc =Focus Group Meeting for March 25= What is 21st Century Learning? (An example of my PLN) What does it look like in the classroom? Why is it important? How do we get it into our schools, into the hands of our teachers, administrators, and most important, out students.
 * Well equipped teachers and support
 * Expecting product from students.
 * access to technology
 * professional development
 * necessity for using it

=Ideas for the focus of our next meeting.=

What does 21st Century Learning look like? Let's begin exploring.

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=The District=

Administrators
Administrators should be sharing their ideas with the community through blogging, or some sort of sharing platform. They should be using some of the tools that students will be expected to use in their future, ie rss, social networking, connected learning,...
 * Subscribe and read blogs of other administrators
 * [|LeaderTalk] - http://www.leadertalk.org/ A group blog by principals around the country
 * [|Practical Theory] - Principal Chris Lehman at the Science Leadership Academy in Philadelphia
 * [|Clayton Wilcox] - Superintendent of Pinellas County and his group of administrators at [|Blog: The Classroom]

Parents
=The School=

Administrators
Mark Prensky's ASCD article, [|Turning on the Lights], March 2008 - Mark Prensky offers Principles for Principals on how learning should take place in our schools.

Teachers
Teachers need to document the use of technology in the classroom. Compare test scores of those that teach the same content, one with authentic use of technology, one more traditional. Chances are, the test scores will be comparable. However, in one year, the ones that have been engaged in authentic learning opportunities will remember more. [|We Got Your Back] - Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach
 * On assessment, Clarence Fischer, at Remote Access, claims that we need to assess product and process..[|Social Networks and Assessment.]

Students
=The Classroom=

Students

 * Students are involved in authentic projects for which they have a passion. Edutopia Article: [|Emotional Engagement in Education - Part 1]

Administrators
These are articles I've shared that provide a discussion of using technology in education.

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